The mouse

Tuesday

I got up at 7:30, having slept ok until I heard Chris get up. I washed up and got dressed. My shorts were not snug so I went into the sewing room to shorten the elastic. But after some struggle, I realized that I had zigzagged the elastic all the way around and I didn't feel like taking it all out. So I safetypinned it and went on to make electrolyte water and hydrogen water, etc. I watered the plants. It was windy out so I left the gophers alone and went back inside. I read some e-mail.

I went cleaning at 9. I worked in the kitchen for 2.5 hours. I went home and ate fiber gel. When I got back, I made and ate breakfast while reading e-mail and Telegram messages. I put on my suit and laid out in the sun, reading. I got dressed again. I stopped at the post office for mail. I snuck into 204 to get my stepladder and ammonia spray. There were signs everywhere saying only contractors were allowed in.

I went to Mary's house to clean again. After an hour and a half, I stopped counting hours. I texted John to come over and pluck a mouse out of the outlet behind the stove. I could not pull the stove out far enough to get behind it. I also asked him to clean some high shelves and the top of the fridge.

After he left, I vacuumed the pet hair from the recliner-couch and the ottoman. Then I went home to heat up supper. I ate in front of the laptop. I watched a walkthrough of Rama.

Then at 7 I went to the post office to meet the chaplain. I let him into the swap shop and the furniture room. Cpl Popken came with a truck. They carried out a couch, kitchenware, wastebaskets, microwave, etc. Then he followed me to Mary's house where he got more kitchenware and a mechanical push mower.

When I got home, I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. As we sat there, I overcast the seams of my dress by hand. I only finished one side by the time the episode was over.

Chris stayed up for some reason. At 11, I signed out and prepared for bed. He came to bed at the same time. Very unusual.